Meet the difficult while it is easy.
LAOZIHe that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
More Laozi Quotes
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To lead, one must follow.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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